It’s not an easy thing to do. Especially if you’ve done well in life, because then you feel like the world has validated you, and so your whole self-image is thoroughly and inextricably entangled in your success. You end up believing that the world is meritocratic and that you succeeded because of something immanently great about you. You’re left believing you’re a kind of hero, making the world a better place by unleashing the weal…